Marc Forster was born on 30 November 1969 and is a German-Swiss filmmaker.
11 Facts About Marc Forster
Marc Forster is best known for directing the feature films Monster's Ball, Finding Neverland, Stranger than Fiction, Quantum of Solace, World War Z, and Christopher Robin, and has directed numerous television commercials as well.
Marc Forster is a BAFTA, Golden Globe, and Independent Spirit Award nominee.
Marc Forster spent his adolescence in Davos, a winter resort in eastern Switzerland, and as well as at the international boarding school Institut Montana Zugerberg in central Switzerland.
In 1990, when he was 20 years old, Marc Forster moved to New York, in the United States.
Marc Forster received BAFTA, Directors Guild of America, and Golden Globe nominations for his direction.
Marc Forster then directed an adaptation of best-seller Khaled Hosseini's The Kite Runner, scripted by repeat collaborator David Benioff and starring British newcomer Khalid Abdalla.
Additionally, Marc Forster directed the 22nd James Bond film, Quantum of Solace, which began shooting on 2 January 2008, shortly after his 38th birthday, making him the youngest director in the series' history.
Marc Forster directed the film adaptation of the novel World War Z, starring Brad Pitt, which Paramount announced at the July 2010 San Diego Comic-Con.
Marc Forster directed his screenplay of All I See Is You, a visually driven drama following a blind woman and her husband who, upon the restoration of her sight, begin to discover previously unseen and disturbing details about themselves and their marriage, released in 2016.
In January 2022, it was announced that Marc Forster would reunite with Finding Neverland screenwriter David Magee and direct A Man Called Otto, an English-language remake of the Swedish film A Man Called Ove starring Tom Hanks.